Diet acts as an individual lifestyle choice to impact stress levels. Which of the following statements about diet

Work that flows includes all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

a. competence.

b. challenge.

c. conformity.

d. choice.

(c) Medium/Comprehension

83. Diet acts as an individual lifestyle choice to impact stress levels. Which of the following statements about diet is INCORRECT?

a. Eating light meals in the middle of the day may slow down the body because there is insufficient food energy available to stimulate the brain to react to stress.

b. Greasy foods make a person feel tired because digestion of the fats in such foods diverts blood from the brain.

c. The dopamine in fish produces a feeling of alertness.

d. Eating fish for lunch tends to improves reaction times.

(a) Medium/Evaluation

84. Research indicates that exercise is an effective strategy for managing stress. Which of the following statements best describes some of the findings from studies on exercise and stress?

a. Physically active breaks, like walking, actually increase mental fatigue.

b. Exercise, like light calisthenics, actually absorbs energy.

c. Light exercise tends to erode hand-eye coordination as well as fine motor control.

d. Regular exercise increases the body’s ability to draw oxygen out of the air, thus combating stress.

(d) Medium/Evaluation

85. Sleep research on stress indicates all of the following EXCEPT

a. workers who miss work because of exhaustion become rejuvenated and face less stress upon their return to work.

b. about one third of adults have trouble sleeping.

c. work-life conflict makes good sleep difficult to achieve.

d. insomnia is a stress-related epidemic.

(a) Medium/Comprehension

86. Which of the following statements about individual approaches to managing stress is INCORRECT?

a. Time management practices like prioritizing and keeping a schedule help reduce stress.

b. Social support can buffer the effects of stress.

c. When workdays are broken into smaller parts, stress can be shifted to a state of flow.

d. Physical activity increases mental fatigue, which increases stress levels.

(d) Difficult/Synthesis

87. Stress in the form of job challenge leads to:

a. Higher turnover

b. Higher performance.

c. Higher absenteeism.

d. Higher commitment.

(b) Medium/Comprehension

88. All of the following are steps that firms are taking to assist employees in dealing with stress in the workplace EXCEPT

a. creating jobs with autonomy and control.

b. replacing employees who are stressed with more resilient employees.

c. ensuring fairness in the workplace.

d. clarifying expectations of employees.

(b) Medium/Comprehension

89. Which of the following is a technique used by firms to reduce the stress experienced by their employees?

a. Create job descriptions for employees that are less specific and focused.

b. Shift control over critical decisions to higher levels in the organization.

c. Base pay decisions on tenure as opposed to performance.

d. Train managers to be more interpersonally sensitive.

(d) Difficult/Synthesis

90. Research on telecommuting indicates which of the following?

a. Telecommuting decreases stress but increases work family conflict.

b. Telecommuting increases job satisfaction but decreases job performance.

c. Telecommuting increases job performance and decreases turnover.

d. Telecommuting decreases stress but also decreases job performance.

(c) Difficult/Evaluation

91. All of the following statements regarding telecommuting are correct EXCEPT

a. telecommuting is a universally effective process; regardless of job or employee, it is effective.

b. increasing numbers of workers, including many government employees are engaged in telecommuting.

c. research on telecommuting indicates that stress is lower and job satisfaction and job performance higher when the program is instituted.

d. telecommuting success is dependent on matching the right employee to the right job in the right environment.

(a) Difficult/Evaluation